Attachment for utilizing shoe-sewing machines to stick a cold-process tape on shoes to reenforce same



IZING snos SEWING MACHINES TO STICK PASHIGIAN ET AL Dec; 18, 1928.

ATTACHMENT FOR UTIL A COLD PROCESS TAPE ON SHOES "TO REENFORCESAHE FiledJuly 27, 1927 gwomtow 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Bat- 8m BI/Higfan Huber IG-a"an?!" M abbo uwq Dec.-1s,'192s. 1,695,605

' B. PASHIGIAN ET AL ATTACHMENT FOR UTILIZING SHOE SEWING MACHINES TCSTICK A COLD PROCESS TAPE ON SHOES TO REENFORCE SAME Filed July 27, 19272 sheets-sheet 2 313807 084! 1 Hubert (arfl whereby a cold process tapemay Patented Dec. 18, .1928.

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.IBAGSAB rAs IIe An, or HAVERHILL, massacnusn'r'rs, Ann nunnn'r :r.GAIiLANT,

1 or EXETER, NEW. HAMPSHIRE. I

ATTACHMENT- ron UTILIZING snon-snwme MACHINES T0 STICK I run on snons TO'BEENFORCE SAME.

i J i I Application filed July 37,

The purpose of our invention is toprovide with, a channel or cut-outportion 25.

--'We provide a tape guide 26 which has a a novel-attachment for 'shoesewin machines be pressed or hammered onto the uppers of shoes to serveas a reenforcing element.

We attain these and other objects of ourinvention by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1' is asideelevation of a sewing machineusing our attachment; Fig. 2 is an endelevation of same;

- Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the upper tapeguide; r I l r N Fig. 4 is alongitudinal view on line 44 of Fig.3;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the presser:

foot tape guide;

Fig. dis a vertical section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5: and

m Fig: 7' is a' horizontal section on line of Fig. 5 showing the presserfoot tape guide into plan.- Li e numerals de'signate like parts throuhout the several views. p

Re erring to the/accompanying drawings we utilize a conventional shoesewing ma:

chine 1 such as the Singer sewing machine having a tape 'reel standard 2carrying the tape reel 3 from which the tape 4 is unwound anddrawnthrough the bifurcated end or slit 9 of the upper tape guide 5. Member 5has by suitable means such as the set screws 7.

an enlarged shank 6 which is fastened to the reciprocating rod 8 of'thesewing machine The tape 4 passes over a roller or other suitableantifraction' surface 10 andbetween a downwardly extending lip 18 andthe sharpenedledge 12 of a fiatfinger 11. Finger 11 is mounted on thewire 13 the bent end 14 of which is provided with an eye 15 to which aspring 16 is attached which .spring in turn is secured to a hookor'eye17 fastened to the upper tape guide 5 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.The spring 16 engaging the, end of wire 14 and actuating wire 13 andfinger 11 causes the edge of the latter to contact against the surfaceof the tape 4 to keep it from rolling or curling, as shown in Fig. 4.

Referrm to Figs. 5, 6 and7, we provide a presser foot 19 the shank 20 ofwhich is aflixed to the reciprocating'rod 23 of the sewing machine bysuitable means such as the "Fig. 7.

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narrow channel 27 extending through it and through which the tape 4passes before coming in contact with the'leather or other material 31 onwhich it is to be pressed and there-- by stuck. The tape guide 26 isprovided with laterally extending arm 28which isfastened by screw" 29and a stud 30 carried by the presser foot engaging a correspondingopening in'the end 0 the arm 28, as shown in This attachment. is used tofasten or stick a cold process tape on ,shoes'to serve as areenforcement on the uppersof-sh oes. Tape guide arm 5 is placed on abar which reciprocates up and downas the. machine operates;

The tape first .un'winds from its reel or spool and passes through thenarrow slot or open-. ing at the bifurcated end of the upper tape .guidearm pulling the tape down by its force through the guide and thenthrough the lower. 'guide 26 and under 'the presser foot 24 thussticking the tape on the uppers of the shoes, by means of the blows orpressure-exerted bythe presser foot-against the outer surface of thetape. The inner surfaceof the tape of course carriesan adhesivesubstance.

What "We claim is h 1. As anew article of manufacture for a machine ofthe type'described, a device for guiding tape comprlsing an arm, meansfor fastening the shank of the arm to the recip-.

rocating-rod of a sewing machine, the arm having its freeend'bifurcated, and having a downwardly extendin lip, and a flat fingermounted between the bifurcated ortions of the end, a. wire to which thefinger 1s fastened.

a spring fastened to the wire, and means for securing the spring to thetape guide arm, whereby the finger will resiliently engage a strip oftape as it passes between the bifurcated portions of the arm to keepthe'tape, 1 smoot 2. As a new article of 'manufacturefor a machine ofthe type described, a device for guiding tape comprising an arm, meansfor fastening the shank of the arm to-therecip rocating rod of a sewingmachine, the arm having itsfree end bifurcated, and having a downwardlyextending lip, a flat finger 'n ounted between the bifurcated portionsof tened, a spring fastened to the Wire, means for securing the springto the tape guide arm, whereby the finger will resiliently engage astrip of tape as it passes between the bifurcated portions of the arm tokeep the tape smooth, and an anti-friction roller over which the tape isguided.

3. Ali-attachment for a shoe sewin ,machine, consisting of an upper tapeguide at fixed to the reciprocating rod of the sewing machine, saidguide having a downwardly ex tending lip at its free end, and having aflat finger resiliently held in contact with the lip and between Whichelements the tape passes, and a presser foot affixed to the lower end ofthe reciprocating rod of the sewing machine, said p-resser foot having,a tape 1 guide having a substantially vertical channel through whichthetape is guided before it contacts with the material to which it is

